To strengthen peace and security during the elections, the government has already approved and implemented the Integrated Security Plan for the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, 2082 BS.
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All four security agencies, in coordination with the Nepali Army, are being mobilized from Wednesday in accordance with the Integrated Security Plan 2082 to create a clean, free, impartial, and fear-free environment for the upcoming House of Representatives elections.
To strengthen peace and security during the election, the government has already approved and implemented the Integrated Security Plan for the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, 2082.
With only a month left for the election, the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force Nepal and the National Investigation Department are going to be mobilized in accordance with the plan to make the security arrangements efficient, effective and effective, keeping in mind the upcoming election to be held on Falgun 21.
The 'Election Police' recruited for election purposes as per the Integrated Security Plan will also be deployed for election security. The Nepal Police and the Election Police will protect the inner perimeter of the polling station. The Armed Police Force will take responsibility for the second-level security perimeter. That force will coordinate with the Nepal Army and the Nepal Police.
The Nepal Army, on the other hand, will handle the important responsibility of security by staying at the outer level of the security perimeter. The Nepal Army will be mobilized in all 165 constituencies for election purposes from Wednesday, the army has stated. President Ram Chandra Poudel had approved the mobilization of the Nepali Army for election security arrangements on November 24, as per the recommendation of the Prime Minister and the decision of the Council of Ministers. Army spokesperson and Assistant Lieutenant General Rajaram Basnet informed that the army's 'base' will be set up as per the need, focusing on election security, and joint patrols will be conducted based on the need.
The army is preparing to mobilize 80,000 personnel for the election. Army spokesperson Basnet informed that the Integrated Security Plan 2082 has been approved and approved by the President in the context of the election, and the army will be mobilized accordingly.
As directed by the Integrated Security Plan, the army is going to be mobilized in the field from one month before the election. The army will provide security in three phases during the election. The army will handle the main responsibilities before the election, including printing ballot papers, transporting ballot papers, securing polling stations, transporting ballot boxes, and securing the vote counting center. The Nepali Army will be responsible for the security of important structures including airports and prisons in coordination and cooperation with the Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force Nepal.
During the election period, the Nepali Army will be deployed at the polling stations and centers, providing complete security to political parties, candidates, voters and election employees.
3,406 candidates are contesting the upcoming election. The Election Commission has implemented the election code of conduct since Magh 4. A total of 18.93 million voters, including 9,240,131 women, 9,663,358 men and 200 others, are registered for this election.
23,112 polling stations have been designated for the election in 10,967 polling stations across the country. Similarly, 77,000 Nepal Police personnel will be deployed in the election. Since the existing personnel of the Nepal Police alone is insufficient for election management, 133,000 'Election Police' have been recruited. The constituencies have been classified as highly sensitive, sensitive and general, and security arrangements have been made accordingly.
2,845 polling stations have been identified as normal, 4,442 as sensitive and 3,680 as highly sensitive. Accordingly, the police have been deployed regularly to strengthen the security arrangements there, the police said.
A total of 49,686 people, including 34,576 Armed Police personnel and 15,110 as 'election police', are deployed during the election. The Armed Police Force has stated that high alert has been adopted to prevent any untoward incident during the election and that the Armed Police Force has been deployed to reach the spot within 10 minutes in any situation.
